Sakura can't recall a time when she didn't know Sasuke. She got used to him being there. Until he left. The she got used to the waiting. Got used to remembering his whispered words before he left.
As he laid her down on the bench, she could swear she heard him say "Wait for me. I'll come back."
And when he does, she's tired and broken. And she gave up hope only a month before and married Naruto.
"I said I'd come back," he says.
Sakura cries. She tried to hold out. "You know I love you. I told you it wouldn't change. But…I couldn't keep fighting the pain."
"Hn."
"There's always another life. Maybe…maybe we'll be together then."
He nods and lets her go.
Song: In Another Life by the Veronicas
Drabble #35
A/N: Aww… sad! He missed her just barely. If he had come back sooner, he'd have gotten her. But now… well, as she basically said. In another life.